Season 1955 · Round 6

British Grand Prix

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1955-07-16 · Aintree · UK · British Grand Prix · 90Lap · 434.520km
16 Stirling Moss
Mercedes 3:07:21.200
Team win 22pt P1 · P2 · P3 · P4 1-2
18 Juan Fangio
Mercedes +0.200
20 Karl Kling
Mercedes +1:11.800
Fastest Lap
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DNF
16
Maurice Trintignant L59 Roberto Mieres L47 Jack Brabham L30 Kenneth McAlpine L30 Peter Collins L28 Hernando da Silva Ramos L26 Roy Salvadori L23 Horace Gould L22 Harry Schell L20 Peter Walker L19 +6
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Jim Clark 5 wins
Alain Prost 5 wins
Closest finish · all-time P11
Circuit Info
Aintree Liverpool, UK
90Lap 434.520km 5 races held (1955–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Pole Position
P3 Stirling Moss 4 · → Jim Clark -1
P4 Jack Brabham 3 · → Stirling Moss -1
P10 Nino Farina 2 · → Damon Hill -1
Starts
P9 Jack Brabham 15 starts · → Jenson Button -2
P32 Roy Salvadori 11 starts · → Mark Webber -1
P40 Maurice Trintignant 10 starts · → Nico Rosberg -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 15 30 45 60 75 L90 Moss · P1 → P1 1 Moss MOS 1 Moss MOS Fangio · P2 → P2 2 Fangio FAN 2 Fangio FAN Kling · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Kling KLI 3 Kling KLI Taruffi · P5 → P4 · +1 5 Taruffi TAR 4 Taruffi TAR Musso · P9 → P5 · +4 9 Musso MUS 5 Musso MUS Hawthorn · P12 → P6 · +6 12 Hawthorn HAW 6 Hawthorn HAW Sparken · P23 → P7 · +16 23 Sparken SPA 7 Sparken SPA Macklin · P16 → P8 · +8 16 Macklin MAC 8 Macklin MAC Wharton · P15 → P9 · +6 15 Wharton WHA 9 Wharton WHA Trintignant · P13 → retired L59 Trintignant · retired L59 13 Trintignant TRI R Trintignant TRI Mieres · P6 → retired L47 Mieres · retired L47 6 Mieres MIE R Mieres MIE Brabham · P25 → retired L30 Brabham · retired L30 25 Brabham BRA R Brabham BRA McAlpine · P17 → retired L30 McAlpine · retired L30 17 McAlpine MCA R McAlpine MCA Collins · P24 → retired L28 Collins · retired L28 24 Collins COL R Collins COL da Silva Ramos · P18 → retired L26 da Silva Ramos · retired L26 18 da Silva Ramos DA R da Silva Ramos DA Salvadori · P20 → retired L23 Salvadori · retired L23 20 Salvadori SAL R Salvadori SAL Gould · P22 → retired L22 Gould · retired L22 22 Gould GOU R Gould GOU Schell · P7 → retired L20 Schell · retired L20 7 Schell SCH R Schell SCH Walker · P14 → retired L19 Walker · retired L19 14 Walker WAL R Walker WAL Rolt · P14 → retired L19 Rolt · retired L19 14 Rolt ROL R Rolt ROL Marr · P19 → retired L18 Marr · retired L18 19 Marr MAR R Marr MAR Castellotti · P10 → retired L16 Castellotti · retired L16 10 Castellotti CAS R Castellotti CAS Simon · P8 → retired L9 Simon · retired L9 8 Simon SIM R Simon SIM Behra · P3 → retired L9 Behra · retired L9 3 Behra BEH R Behra BEH Manzon · P11 → retired L4 Manzon · retired L4 11 Manzon MAN R Manzon MAN Fairman · P21 → P25 · -4 21 Fairman FAI 25 Fairman FAI
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 16 Stirling Moss Mercedes 1 90 3:07:21.200 9
2 18 Juan Fangio Mercedes 2 90 +0.200 6
3 20 Karl Kling Mercedes 4 90 +1:11.800 4
4 14 Piero Taruffi Mercedes 5 89 +1 Lap 3
5 30 Luigi Musso Maserati 9 89 +1 Lap 2
6 6 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 12 87 +3 Laps
7 26 Mike Sparken Gordini 23 81 +9 Laps
8 46 Lance Macklin Maserati 16 79 +11 Laps
9 44 Ken Wharton Vanwall 15 72 +18 Laps
R 8 Maurice Trintignant Ferrari 13 59 Overheating
R 28 Roberto Mieres Maserati 6 47 Engine
R 40 Jack Brabham Cooper 25 30 Engine
R 32 Kenneth McAlpine Connaught 17 30 Oil pressure
R 32 Peter Collins Maserati 24 28 Clutch
R 22 Hernando da Silva Ramos Gordini 18 26 Oil pressure
R 44 Roy Salvadori Maserati 20 23 Gearbox
R 38 Horace Gould Maserati 22 22 Brakes
R 42 Harry Schell Vanwall 7 20 Throttle
R 36 Peter Walker Connaught 14 19 Transmission
R 36 Tony Rolt Connaught 14 19 Transmission
R 38 Leslie Marr Connaught 19 18 Brakes
R 4 Eugenio Castellotti Ferrari 10 16 Transmission
R 8 André Simon Maserati 8 9 Gearbox
R 36 Jean Behra Maserati 3 9 Oil leak
R 22 Robert Manzon Gordini 11 4 Transmission
W 34 Jack Fairman Connaught 21 0 Engine
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
16 Stirling Moss
2
18 Juan Fangio
3
36 Jean Behra
4
20 Karl Kling
5
14 Piero Taruffi
6
28 Roberto Mieres
7
42 Harry Schell
8
8 André Simon
9
30 Luigi Musso
10
4 Eugenio Castellotti
11
22 Robert Manzon
12
6 Mike Hawthorn
13
8 Maurice Trintignant
14
36 Peter Walker
14
36 Tony Rolt
15
44 Ken Wharton
16
46 Lance Macklin
17
32 Kenneth McAlpine
18
22 Hernando da Silva Ramos
19
38 Leslie Marr
20
44 Roy Salvadori
21
34 Jack Fairman
22
38 Horace Gould
23
26 Mike Sparken
24
32 Peter Collins
25
40 Jack Brabham
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15